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Whose Work Most Influenced You? A Social Science Bites Retrospective, Part 3

Social Science Bites

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The Importance of Social Science Research

Robert Schiller: Mick Billig's book arguing and thinking is a wonderful work of literature. Paul Seabright: Austin Bradford Hill testing Streptomycin for tuberculosis was the first randomized controlled trial in medicine. Lawrence Sherman: Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death has had the most potent influence on our work. David Stuckler: For me, Durkheim's suicide inspired me to think about the role of broader societal conditions.

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